AHDB Aphid News
The latest edition of AHDB News has been published. This summarises captures for the week ending 30th July.
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Black bean aphids were caught in single figures at four sites this week in the ST as well as across Scotland and Northern England in YWT (yellow-water traps) this week, with the highest number caught in the ST at Newcastle (3).
- Single peach–potato aphids (Myzus persicae) were caught at Gogarbank, Broom’s Barn and Hereford this week. Tests show that up to 43% of these migrants are carrying Turnip yellows virus. Peach–potato aphids were also found in the YWT across Scotland.
- A single mealy cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) was caught at Wye this week.
- A single currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) was caught in the ST at Starcross this week.
- Two willow ̶ carrot aphids (Cavariella aegopodii) were caught at Preston this week.
- The parsnip aphid (Cavariella pastinacae) was caught at Broom’s Barn (1), Newcastle (4), Preston (2), Rothamsted (4), Wellesbourne (8), Wye (2) and York (4) this week.
- A single parsnip aphid (Cavariella theobaldi) was caught at Starcross this week.
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